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<br />City of Gem Lake Comprehensive Plan GEMLK 140643 <br />Page 56 <br />6.2.2 Future Public Transit <br />Under the Current Revenue Scenario, the Rush Line Transitway is funded. The Locally <br />Preferred Alternative for the Rush Line Transitway is Dedicated Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) <br />from Union Depot in downtown St. Paul to White Bear Lake. The transitway is planned to <br />run along Highway 61and includes a transit station at the intersection of County Road E <br />and U.S. Highway 61 in southeastern Gem Lake. There is a second station identified just <br />east of Gem Lake at the intersection of Cedar Avenue and Highway 61. <br />The City supports this future transit project and will take these two transit stations into <br />consideration for future residential and commercial development, roadways, and bicycle <br />and pedestrian connections. <br />6.2.3 Future Bicycles and Pedestrians <br />A future extension to the Bruce Vento Regional Trail using the Burlington-Northern <br />railway right-of-way along the eastern boundary of Gem Lake is identified as a Tier 1 <br />Alignment as a part of the Met Council’s Regional Bicycle Transportation Network (see <br />Figure 6.7). <br />Sidewalk connections in Gem Lake to this planned regional trail should be provided along <br />the north side of County Road E and along the west side of U.S. Highway 61 as a part of <br />future development and redevelopment in Gem Lake. These connections would also <br />connect with the potential future Rush Line Corridor transit stations at the County Road <br />E/U.S. Highway 61 intersection. <br />